wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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Hláford mín (the plough's) wóh færeþ, weard æt steorte, Exon. Th. 403, 7; Rä. 22, 4: 483, 14; Rä. 69, 2. Sió micíe nosu and sió woo (tortus ), Past. II ; Swt. 67, 5. Mid wógum bígelse obliqua curvatura, Hpt. Gl. 458, 72. Mid ánum wðgan íserne.
crisma
χρῖσμα, ατος ⬩ χρίσω ⬩ the chrism ⬩ unction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptism ⬩ oleum chrismatis ⬩ the white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism ⬩ chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.
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Ælf. E. Th. ii. 390, 1-17. Mid crysman smyreþ his breóst chrismate pectis eorum unguet L. Ecg. C. 36; Th. ii. 162, 1. Ðonne he crisman fecce when he fetches chrism L. Edg. C. 67; Th. ii. 258, 20; L. N. P.
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MACIAN
To MAKE ⬩ do ⬩ act
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Seó forme declinatio macaþ hire genitivum on ae, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 4 : 24; Som. 24, 24. Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt hit eall swá mehtiglíce macaþ that is the highest good, which does everything so mightily, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 1.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Ðú á ymbe sticce féhst eft on ðá ilcan sprǽce þe þú ǽr spǽce, and forlǽtst eft ðá, ǽr ðú hí geendod hæbbe, and féhst on uncúþe. Bt. 35, 5; F. 164, 14: Solil. H. 26, 4. Ic on mýne gebedu féng, Nic. 10, 36.
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Ǽr oððe nú dudum, ii. 27, 56. Nú nunc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 59. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan, ðe nú ( modo ) hás ys for hreáme, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29.
cwelm-bǽrnys
Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality ⬩ pernicies, mortalitas
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Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality; pernicies, mortalitas Cwelm-bǽrnyss pernicies, Ælfc. Gr. 12 ; Som. 15, 52. Þurh myrran is gehíwod cwelmbǽrnys úres flǽsces by myrrh is typified the mortality of our flesh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 3
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ést-ful
Full of kindness, devoted to, ready to serve ⬩ dēvōtus, vōtivus, offĭciōsus
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Éstful vel gehýrsum offĭciōsus; éstful vōtivus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 54, 56; Wrt. Voc. 61, 32, 34
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fóre-rynel
A fore-runner ⬩ præcursor
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A fore-runner; præcursor Iohannes his fórerynel wæs on lífe ge on deáþe John was his fore-runner both in life and in death, Ælfc. T. 24, 20: Bt. 36, 1; Fox 170, 28, MS. Cot
gearcung
A preparation ⬩ preparing ⬩ præpărātio ⬩ appărātus
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Gearcung appărātus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 44; Wrt. Voc. 50, 26
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hreóung
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Shortness of breath, hardness of breathing Hriung suspirium, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 28; Wrt. Voc. 19, 34. Hreóung hlýdende swíðust innan hard breathing sounding chiefly from within, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 19
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húfe
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A covering for the head Húfe cidaris vel mitra, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 11; Wrt. Vcc. 40, 45. Biscopes húf flammeolum vel flammeum, 112; Som. 79, 88; Wrt. Voc. 59, 55. Húfan hættes mitræ, Lye
ge-leáffulnes
Faithfulness ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ fĭdēlĭtas ⬩ crēdŭlĭtas
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Faithfulness, belief, trust; fĭdēlĭtas, crēdŭlĭtas Geleáffulnys crēdŭlĭtas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. 10, 64. We sceolan andettan ða sóðan geleáffulnesse on úrne Drihten we must confess the true belief in our Lord, Blickl. Homl. 111, 6
felt-wyrt
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Feltwyrt (feldwyrt, v. l.) anadonia, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 310, 10 ( = Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 5). Feldwyrd anadonia, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 48. Feltwyrt anadona, An. Ox. 56, 376. Feldwyrt anadonia, Lch. iii. 300, col. 1. Add
gebed-mann
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Add: — Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . án is oratores . . . Oratores sindon gebedmen þe Gode sculan þeówian and dæges and nihtes for ealne þeódscipe þingian georne, Ll. Th. ii. 306, 33 : j Wlfst. 267, II
gimmian
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.), to put forth buds Sume sind gehátene tropi. . . swá swá is gecweden gemmare uites þæt wín-treówa gimmiað, for ðan ðe wíntreówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 10
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hand-preóst
A chaplain ⬩ sacellanus
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A chaplain; sacellanus,Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 13; Wrt. Voc. 42, 22. Stigand ðe was ðes cinges rǽdgifa and his hand-preóst Stigand who was the king's counsellor and chaplain, Chr. 1051: Erl. 182, 20
of-gangende
derivative
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derivative Dirivativum, ðæt is ofgangende, Ælfe. Gr. 18; Som. 20, 58. Sume (pronouns) synd derivativa, ðæt synd ofgangende, 15; Som. 17, 33. Hwæt sí betwux ðám genitvum ðæra frumcennedra pronomina and ðæra ofgangendra. Som. 19, 41
deófulgyld-hús
A heathen temple ⬩ paganōrum templum
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A heathen temple; paganōrum templum Constantinus hét ðæt man cyricean timbrede, and ðæt man belúce ǽlc deófulgyldhús Constantine ordered churches to be built, and every heathen temple to be closed, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 36
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gaful
Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ rent ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum
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Tax, tribute, rent; vectīgal, trĭbūtum Gaful vectīgal, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 5; Som. 9, 2. Alýfþ gaful to syllanne ðam Cásere lĭcet dări trĭbūtum Cæsări? Mk. Bos. 12, 14 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 27; Jul. 151
hengest
A gelding ⬩ horse ⬩ steed
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A gelding, horse, steed Hengst canterius, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 46; Wrt. Voc. 23, 8. Án hundred wildra horsa and xvi tame hencgestas a hundred wild horses and sixteen tame steeds, Chart. Th. 548, 11